Grammar Chapter 34 – Periphrastic Perfect Helper Words Review Flashcards
√अस् (II अस्ति)
‘to be’
[perfect active]
आस , आसतुः , आसुः
आसिथ , आसथुः , आस
आस , आसिव , आसिम
usual helper word for periphrastic perfect active forms
Stem ās- throughout the perfect paradigm.
√भू (I भवति)
‘to be’
[perfect active]
बभूव , बभूवतुः , बभूवुः
बभूविथ / बभूथ , बभूवथुः , बभूव
बभूव , बभूविव , बभूविम
more rarely used as helper word for periphrastic perfect active forms
Stem babhūv- throughout the perfect paradigm.
√कृ (VIII करोति)
‘to do, make’
[perfect active]
चकार , चक्रतुः , चक्रुः
चकर्थ , चक्रथुः , चक्र
चकार / चकर , चकृव , चकृम
more rarely used as helper word for periphrastic perfect active forms
Velar consonants reduplicate as palatals.
Roots that contain vowel other than i/ī or u/ū have -a- as their reduplicative vowel.
Root-final ṛ changes into r before endings that begin with a vowel.
√कृ (VIII करोति)
‘to do, make’
[perfect middle]
चक्रे , चक्राते , चक्रिरे
चकृषे , चक्राथे , चकृध्वे
चक्रे , चकृवहे , चकृमहे
used for periphrastic perfect middle forms
Velar consonants reduplicate as palatals.
Roots that contain vowel other than i/ī or u/ū have -a- as their reduplicative vowel.
Root-final ṛ changes into r before endings that begin with a vowel.
